Bill Text: HI SB2624 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Condominiums.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB2624 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2624-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 514A-83.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) Owners shall
also be permitted to view proxies, tally sheets, ballots, owners' check‑in
lists, and the certificate of election for a period of thirty days following
any association meeting; provided[:] that:
(1) [That the] The board may require
owners to furnish to the association a duly executed and acknowledged affidavit
stating that the information is requested in good faith for the protection of
the interest of the association or its members or both; and
(2) [That owners] Owners pay for
administrative costs in excess of eight hours per year.
Proxies
and ballots may be destroyed [following the thirty-day period.] ninety
days after the association meeting.
Copies of tally sheets, owners' check‑in lists, and the
certificates of election from the most recent association meeting shall be
provided to any owner upon the owner's request; provided that the owner pay a
reasonable fee for duplicating, postage, stationery, and other administrative costs
associated with handling the request."
SECTION 2. Section 514B-154, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) After any association meeting,
and not earlier, unit owners shall be permitted to examine proxies, tally
sheets, ballots, owners' check-in lists, and the certificate of election;
provided that:
(1) Owners shall make a request to examine the documents within thirty days
after the association meeting;
(2) The board may require owners to furnish to the association a duly
executed and acknowledged affidavit stating that the information is requested
in good faith for the protection of the interest of the association or its
members or both; and
(3) Owners shall pay for administrative costs in excess of eight hours per
year.
[If there are no requests to examine proxies
and ballots, the] The documents may be destroyed [thirty days]
ninety days after the association meeting. [If there are requests to examine proxies
and ballots, the documents shall be kept for an additional sixty days, after
which they may be destroyed.] Copies
of tally sheets, owners' check-in lists, and the certificates of election from
the most recent association meeting shall be provided to any owner upon the
owner's request; provided that the owner pays a reasonable fee for duplicating,
postage, stationery, and other administrative costs associated with handling
the request."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Condominiums; Condominium Associations; Proxies and Ballots; Retention
Description:
Specifies that a
condominium association's proxies and ballots may be destroyed ninety days,
rather than thirty days, after an association meeting. (SD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
